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Updated Trek Ballista and Trek Velocis Helmets Are Lighter, Faster w/ MIPS Air

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If you’ve been watching the classics, you’ve noticed the Trek-Segafredo team supporting fashionably-fast new Trek helmets. These aren’t entirely new designs (though they look it) but are iterations of the Trek Ballista aero and Velocis all-arounder helmet lines.

The next generation of Trek Ballista and Velocis helmets was designed closely with the Trek-Segafredo World Tour team. The team gave critical feedback on what worked and didn’t in previous models. This collaboration led to weight reductions and improved airflow, all while keeping the same Five-Star safety rating with Virginia Techs’ independent testing helmet lab.

MIPS Air for all

The new Trek Ballista and the new Velocis use MIPS Air for crash management and protection. Trek stated clearly, this isn’t a move away from its WaveCel technology. The Ballista and Velocis are race-focused helmets, where low weight and maximal cooling are paramount. Trek states: “At this time, MIPS Air safety technology was the best option to ensure those design parameters were met.”

Bye Bontrager

If you’re a Trek/Bontrager fan, you’ve noticed the shift toward the Trek name and pivoted away from Bontrager. First, starting with apparel and now to the helmet line, everything is going Trek. The Ballista MIPS Helmet and Velocis MIPS helmets will be the first helmets to relaunch under the Trek brand.

Whats New — Trek Ballista MIPS

The newest (2nd-Generation) Ballista was developed to provide the Trek-Segafredo team with the fastest, most comfortable helmet possible. The new Ballista is the fastest helmet in Trek’s lineup. In a standard one-hour trial, the updated Ballista saves an impressive 10.1 watts versus the Velocis.

What about compared to the previous Ballista model? The new Ballista shape translates to a 17-second advantage versus the previous Ballista and a 32-second advantage versus the new Velocis (assuming a standard hour test at 300 watts).

Trek Ballista MIPS — New Design

The aerodynamic efficiency of Ballista is the result of its unique shape. Trek updated the Ballista by rethinking the front end and slimming the profile. The design team worked with riders and studied positions influencing critical computer testing assumptions and mannequin positions. These sessions took place in the wind tunnel, and bit by bit, the team and riders worked to find the fastest, most comfortable solution.

The most significant improvements from the previous version are adding an air trip, a huge front vent, and internal channels to reduce weight and maximize airflow.

The new Ballista and Velocis employ an updated BOA single lace design that is kinder to the skull than previous versions and provides an excellent 360° fit.

Some less aero but still significant features include a beveled front edge making the field of view more open. Plus, rubberized sunglass docking ports for safe and secure aero hammering.

Trek Ballista MIPS Key Features

• Trek’s fastest, most aerodynamic helmet
• An excellent ventilation system makes this aero helmet surprisingly relaxed and comfortable
• The MIPS Air system is light, calm, and designed to help reduce rotational forces
• The single-lace BOA® fit system is fully adjustable to provide a custom 360-fit
• Rubberized sunglasses docking port provides secure and easy-to-use storage
• The beveled front edge improves the field of view while riding on the hoods and in the drops
• 5-STAR Virginia Tech safety rating
• Color options: White, Black, Navy, Purple
• Size Options: Small (51-57 cm), Medium (54-60 cm), and Large (58-63 cm)
• Price: $299
• Weight: 256g Size Med

Trek Velocis MIPS

A perfect counterpart to the Trek Ballista Aero is the Trek Velocis MIPS, an ultra-light all arounder with maximum cooling capabilities.

What’s New — Trek Velocis MIPS

The Velocis is now on its 3rd generation, it’s always been a performance helmet for Trek, but the latest iteration is by far its best form. The updated Velocis is a versatile, race-ready performer designed to meet the everyday training and racing needs of Trek-Segafredo.

Weighing 268 grams (med), Velocis is claimed to be the lightest helmet in Trek’s lineup (though our Ballista sample is actually lighter). The freshly updated ventilation system improves cooling by 38% over its predecessor. That says a lot, as the previous version was one of our go-to all arounder helmets.

The Velocis also receives an aerodynamic update, making it faster than the previous version and way better looking. Most of the aero gains come from the improved vent and channel design and new airfoil-shaped bridge. This OCLV carbon bridge is an excellent addition to the safety and visuals of the helmet.

Like the Ballista, the new Trek Velocis employ an updated BOA single lace design that should be more comfortable than previous versions and provides an excellent 360° fit.

Trek Velocis MIPS Air

• Trek’s lightest road helmet
• Improved ventilation and channeling keeps you cooler
• The MIPS Air system is light, cool, and designed to improve comfort and protection
• The single-lace BOA® fit system is fully adjustable to provide a custom 360˚ fit
• The beveled front edge improves the field of view while riding in the drops and on the hoods
• Complies with U.S. CPSC safety standards for bicycle helmets for persons aged one and over
• Color options: Black, Crystal White, Dark Aquatic, Viper Red/Cobra Blood, Crystal White/Nautical Navy
• Weight: 268g Med

Trek Ballista MIPS and Trek Velocis MIPS Availability

The new Ballista and Velocis helmets from Trek are available now at your local Trek dealer and online at TrekBikes.com.

Stay tuned for a full review as we put the new lids through the paces. In the meantime, check out the complete lines of the Ballista and Velocis Here.

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If the Velocis is the lightest helmet from Trek how can the Ballista be lighter on your scale?

There’s a CE and CPSC version of each helmet which conform to different safety standards. The Ballista might be the lighter CE version in the review.

Maybe there was a draft in the room and the upside down aero helmet created “lift”.

I’ve been waiting for the Velocis releases for months – of course they come out the week after I bought a new Giro Aries! Looks like a beautiful helmet though!

a bit too much product release, not enough product review. In any event they don’t look that great, especially at $300. Spec stuff looks quite a bit nicer.

I have zero complaints about my current Velocis helmet, and would buy a new one, but it appears that Trek has moved away from any hi-viz color offering.

This surprises me, given how much they talk about the safety of their front and rear lighting systems.

While I agree, the MSF (Motorcycle Safety Foundation) identifies a hi-viz yellow or white helmet as the most impactful thing a motorcyclist can do to increase their visibility on the road. ie. White is hi-viz in the environments we ride in.

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How Trek developed Ballista and Velocis, its two best racing helmets ever

Inside a years-long process of advanced technology, wind tunnels and human ingenuity

It’s easy to think of a bicycle helmet as a simple thing. There’s not much to it, really. There’s a hard dome — that part goes on top of your head — and a strap to keep it in place — maybe with a gizmo to tighten in. There you go: A helmet engineered.

Trek’s all new Velocis and Ballista helmets show just how far human ingenuity and advanced technology can push even the simple helmet, however. They were designed with different goals in mind. The Velocis is Trek’s lightest and coolest (temperature-wise; vibe-wise is up to you) helmet ever. Ballista is, quite simply, the fastest. The story of how they came to market shows just how limitless good science can be.

“After we develop a helmet or a bike, I’m like, ‘Oh man, it’s gonna be hard to get the next one to be faster because I feel like we did everything we could on this one,'” says John Davis, Trek’s aerodynamics lead. “But technology helps us expand. And what we did with Ballista and Velocis was look at multiple positions and multiple speeds. And as we can simulate more things and simulate them better, we’re going to continue to have a better understanding.”

The Trek Factory Racing XC crew showing off the new Velocis.

Looking at where Trek’s engineers ended up, it’s hard to fathom how much more they can improve. The new Velocis — the official race helmet of both Trek-Segafredo and Trek Factory Racing — is empirically lighter (at 265 grams), faster and keeps your head 38 percent cooler than the previous generation when compared to the original Ballista. The new Ballista is the fastest helmet Trek has ever produced by a full order of magnitude, with savings of 10.1 watts (approximately one bike length difference over the course of an 8-second sprint) compared to the new Velocis.

In addition, Trek’s helmets are very good at … well, being helmets. Both utilize Mips Air safety systems and carry five-star safety ratings from Virginia Tech’s third-party testing facility. And both Velocis and Ballista share a host of improved quality of life features, including secure sunglasses storage, a flexible BOA 360-degree fit system with two lace height positions and a beveled front lip for improved visibility. 

That’s a lot of features adding up to make a simple “helmet” something so much more. How the new Velocis and Ballista came to be so robust is a long story. It began four years ago when Trek engineers sat down with one of the most valuable resources for product feedback at the company: Trek-Segafredo riders.

They wanted it lighter, they wanted it better ventilated, they wanted it, of course, more aerodynamic. - Michael Cech, lead engineer for Ballista

Michael Cech, the lead engineer on the Ballista, recalls meeting with the team at training camp in Mallorca and talking to them about what they liked and disliked about the Bontrager XXX road helmet. 

“They wanted it lighter, they wanted it better ventilated, they wanted it, of course, more aerodynamic. And then there were a lot of little details like sunglasses storage,” Cech says. “We almost had a year or two of XXX information that really went into the Ballista.”

From there, Trek engineers hit the lab.

Davis ran thousands of computer models — what the engineers call “CFD,” which stands for “computational fluid dynamics” — to help come up with the absolute best viable designs to accomplish the aerodynamic and air flow goals for both helmets. From there, they built physical prototypes and began the next phase of testing and polish. Enter: The wind tunnel.

For very good reasons, real life riders aren’t brought in right away to test the prototypes. Helmets need to pass stringent standards before they can be used during an actual bike ride. Instead, the engineers brought in their good friend “Manny,” who is incredibly good at sitting still for long stretches so that engineers can test how wind interacts with helmets at various speeds, angles and body positions.

You see, “Manny” is actually a specially designed mannequin (haha) for the express purpose of strapping a helmet on it and putting it through a battery of tests.

Manny was crucial to the development of both helmets. Because for as far along as the technology behind CFD have come, Trek’s engineers couldn’t extract all the data they needed from computers alone. They needed to run real-life tests to make their final adjustments. And it’s through wind tunnel testing that the Ballista’s engineers made their biggest breakthrough with a thin trough just behind the crown of the helmet called the “air trip.”

Ballista feeling the flow.

The air trip is what gives the Ballista the biggest aero benefit over any helmet previously developed by Trek. In layman’s terms, it works like the dimples on a golf ball. On a perfectly smooth helmet, air would stick to the surface until a point towards the back, at which moment the air detaches from the helmet and becomes a swirly mess of turbulence that creates drag and slows down riders. The air trip, according to Davis, “will kind of trick the air,” causing it to artificially “trip” into turbulence before it would naturally, and then suck back down to the surface of the helmet before eventually detaching with less drag.

Even once the Ballista engineering team decided they wanted to use the air trip, however, it still took a lot of trial and error to perfect. The team made multiple prototypes, hoping to find the perfect width, depth and location of the air trip to make the helmet soar. Finally, on their last trip to the wind tunnel, on one of the last prototypes that they made, the engineers had their eureka moment.

“It was almost the last helmet design that we kind of just threw in there,” Cech says. “We tried to make it as good as possible. And that last helmet design just blew everything away. It made this huge improvement of 50 counts of drag. And we were like, ‘Finally.'”

You can really optimize a helmet to be good in one little position, but as you're moving your head around, the air won't be able to hang on and stick to the back of the helmet. It'll separate, and it'll create a big wake of drag behind your head. - John Davis, Trek aerodynamics lead

The engineers tested the air trip on Manny both in the drops and on the hoods, and found that the air trip made riding faster in both positions. No matter how someone rides — even at sub-pro peloton speeds — Ballista can give them a boost.

“The whole design brief for the helmet was we wanted to make sure that it was robust,” Davis says. “You can really optimize a helmet to be good in one little position, but as you’re moving your head around, the air won’t be able to hang on and stick to the back of the helmet. It’ll separate, and it’ll create a big wake of drag behind your head.”

For Velocis, becoming more aerodynamic was a tertiary goal behind becoming lighter and cooler, but in accomplishing those goals it achieved aero savings, too. After all, “cooler” is largely a way of saying “better air flow,” and with less material used in its design, it also carries a smaller, more aerodynamically friendly profile.

Still, testing for the Velocis was a more delicate balance than for the Ballista. The latter had one goal: “Go fast.” The Velocis needed to strike a balance of temperature, weight and speed, ideally without sacrificing one trait for another.

Velocis is a climber's dream.

“The main thing with Velocis is keeping riders’ core temperature down during the hours and hours that they’re riding,” Davis says. “And so we’ve looked more at that relaxed position, where they’re going to be riding in the peloton for a long period of time, and optimized the drag so they use less energy for that position. And then we also optimize the cooling. But then we also study the more aggressive position there, too.”

The Velocis had one other hurdle: The fact that the old Velocis is still a really good helmet.

“We were looking at the smallest changes,” says Jesse Garrison, the lead engineer on Velocis. “The team hadn’t specifically asked for a new helmet outside of the fact that they were always looking for improvements. They said, ‘Can we make it lighter? Can we make it more aerodynamic? Can we make it better ventilating?’ That’s what we heard in our ongoing conversations. And once we decided what we thought we could improve, then we set up our R&D, and that’s when we really started interacting with the team.”

Somehow, the latest generation of Velocis improved in all aspects. Once again, the wind tunnel was the engineers’ litmus test. Garrison designed a special head form for Manny that allowed the mannequin to receive temperature readings across nine different zones on its noggin.

Style matters too.

Velocis’ big breakthrough came in its construction. The helmet integrates carbon fiber thanks to production advances since the last helmet came out, which allowed the engineering team to eliminate components and create a sleeker helmet. 

“We leaned pretty heavily on our carbon experts in Waterloo,” Garrison says. “ Brands have used carbon before, but we aimed to do it in a very different way. We incorporated more carbon than is typically found on other road helmets and we’re really happy with both the look and performance. “

Garrison is particularly proud of the Velocis’ fit pads. Riders had complained in the past that the pads that help keep the helmet comfortable on their heads also create a sort of greenhouse effect inside the helmet when combined with the plastic layer above it. The new Velocis incorporates that plastic layer into the fit pads, eliminating the mini oven atop riders’ heads while also shedding a few more grams of material.

We leaned pretty heavily on our carbon experts in Waterloo. Brands have used carbon before, but we aimed to do it in a very different way. - Jesse Garrison, lead engineer for Velocis

Garrison also worked with Mips to add perforations to the back of the fit pad, allowing sweat to evaporate more easily, creating even better cooling and a better overall experience for all riders. The results from on-road testing were definitive: Riders reported a vast improvement.

“When you put it on a rider to ride for testing, which we did, whether it be pro riders or people inside the building, it made a very noticeable difference empirically of old versus new,” Garrison says. “The fit pad reduces sweating on your face, which is just more comfortable, but also actually cools you better, and it also weighs less. So all of those things are working in tandem, which is awesome.”

The fit pad system worked so well that it was also adopted by the Ballista engineers. The two teams worked closely together to optimize each other’s work. As a result, both helmets accomplish much more than their primary goals. The Velocis is still a very good aero helmet, and the Ballista is still light and cool enough for everyday use.

The inner workings of Velocis and the Mips Air safety system.

“It was a really good collaboration between the two projects, of taking research from one, utilizing that to springboard the research for the next, and then sharing some of the knowledge and the parts,” Garrison says. “And we worked with Trek-Segafredo more extensively on this and the Ballista than I think we ever have in the past, and I think it shows in both those products.”

Throughout the engineering process for both helmets, athletes were kept abreast of progress. They got to see every step of development so that engineers would always know they were on the right track, even if that meant revealing a few early warts.

“Early on, we had a really rough model to show to Mads [Pedersen], and Mads’ reaction was like, ‘That thing looks ugly,'” Cech laughs. “At that point, we had industrial design jump in. They really give the helmets the nice appearance we think of — the graphics and the styling — and then the next time we were able to show Mads the full renderings from ID, he loved it. He was like, ‘Wow, I like that thing.'”

We worked with Trek-Segafredo more extensively on [Velocis] and the Ballista than I think we ever have in the past, and I think it shows in both those products. - Jesse Garrison

Pedersen was one of the Trek-Segafredo riders that engineers most wanted to impress. Not only is the former World Champion talented, but he’s versatile as a classics specialist who also tackles the varied terrain of marquee events like the Tour de France. The perfect helmet for Mads would have to suit him for daunting mountain climbs as well as full-gas sprints.

“Mads has been really great to work with. He’s definitely into aerodynamics and getting as much speed as he can,” Cech says. “It was kind of nice seeing that progression as we were making little improvements, showing him renderings, getting him to really like how it looked. And then when he was finally test riding early versions, he was continuing to like it more and more.” 

Both helmets were given to riders during the offseason after passing strenuous internal and external certification standards. At that point, the engineers held their breath as they waited for the final feedback on the few elements they could still change before launch, and hoping — maybe praying, more likely — that the riders had no unsolvable gripes after a year and a half of research and development and four years of brainstorming.

Fast AND stylish.

Instead of critiques, however, the engineers heard the best sound of all: Nothing. 

“When we actually gave them real helmets and they were test riding, it was almost like no news is good news,” Cech says. “We didn’t hear complaints. Usually, if you hear feedback, it’s about things that are wrong with it. In this case, we didn’t hear much. It was just, ‘Everything’s good.'”

And that was that. Trek athletes have been enjoying the fruits of Trek engineering’s labor for several months, and now, starting today, you too can see what all the fuss is about. And though volumes can be written about the development of the new Velocis and Ballista, there’s no need to think about it too hard. Just strap in and feel confident that a lot of sweat, passion and good old-fashioned science went into making sure you have the absolute best and safest ride possible.

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US cycling brand Trek has launched its new Ballista road bike helmet, which it claims to be its “fastest, most aerodynamically-advanced” model to date. 

Designed with input from the professional riders at Trek-Segafredo , the new Ballista MIPS prioritises aerodynamics, and is said to bring a 5.4 watt power saving compared to the previous generation of the helmet, based on an hour’s riding at 45km/h. 

This is the equivalent of saving 17 seconds on a standard hour test at 300 watts.

According to Trek, the helmet’s advantages are a result of its “unique shape” which was conceived following interviews with Trek-Segafredo riders. “Further improvement was gained from the addition of an air trip, vent design, and internal channels,” the press materials detailed. “Together, the whole system makes the Ballista the fastest helmet Trek has ever made.” 

Compared to the previous generation of the Ballista, which was released in 2015, the new model has larger front vents and an extended rear part, in a bid to manipulate and improve air flow. It also incorporates a MIPS Air safety system, which is said to reduce rotational forces in the event of a crash. 

Trek-Segafredo riders have already been wearing the helmet in races this season, with Elisa Longo Borghini donning it on the flatter stages at the UAE Tour . Likewise, former world champion Mads Pedersen wore the new Ballista during Sunday’s Tour of Flanders , where he finished third. 

Mads Pedersen has been wearing the new Ballista in one-day races this season

In tandem with the launch of the Ballista, Trek has also released its third generation Velocis helmet, a more lightweight, all-round race option. The two lids are the first to be released under the company’s name, as part of a re-brand from its Bontrager range. 

“Velocis is a versatile, race-ready performer designed to meet the everyday training and racing needs of Trek-Segafredo,” the brand said. Weighing in at 235g in its European version (260g in the US version), the statement continued, “Velocis is the lightest helmet in Trek’s lineup.”

Both helmets are available now in sizes small to large, all priced at $299.99/£229.99. 

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Trek drops all-new Velocis and Ballista MIPS road cycling helmets

Light and aero are the name of the game, but what happened to Bontrager and Wavecel?

Over the last few years, Trek and the brand's accessory subsidiary Bontrager, have pushed hard to make a name in cycling safety. A central pillar of that is a unique design for a full range of helmets for road, mountain bike, and commuting. Today we are getting a glimpse of a complete redesign, starting with the weight and ventilation-focused Trek Velocis MIPS as well as the all-out aero-focused Trek Ballista MIPS. 

If those names sound vaguely familiar, it's because they are not new. Trek previously offered both the Ballista and the Velocis helmets with MIPS and a similar focus via its subsidiary brand, Bontrager. Then, in 2019, both modelnames took a back seat with the release of a range of helmets using a new technology called Wavecel. Since then, there's been an expansion of options with Wavecel and we even included one in our list of the best road bike helmets . What we are seeing today looks to be a return to the time before Wavecel but with an entirely new design and the continued adoption of the latest technologies.  

New Trek Velocis MIPS helmet

Today's release covers two helmets but one is not better than the other. The duo represent two options aimed at the highest performance levels and in many ways mirror the development of bike frames over the last handful of years. The Trek Velocis MIPS might once have been the climbers' helmet but today, it's more than that. 

Just as we've seen in frames, the lightweight choice has picked up enough aero detailing to cover most situations. In this case, though, Trek has remained rather vague on that front. While there are references to aero performance throughout the marketing copy, it's generally not specific. Only once does Trek claim that the Velocis MIPS is "18 seconds faster than the prior generation" Which is presumably a reference to the 2nd generation Velocis and not the most recent XXX Wavecel helmet. 

Instead of aerodynamic claims, Trek focuses on the real strengths of the Velocis. Primarily, that means light and airy. Along with the 18-second aero improvement compared to the previous Velocis, the third generation also sees a 38% improvement in cooling capacity. That is in addition to a claimed 260-gram weight, aided by carbon fibre inlays, that makes it the lightest helmet Trek offers for sale. 

Ballista MIPS helmet

Although the Velocis MIPS and Ballista MIPS are coming to market for the same price on the same day, the two helmets look nothing alike. Bike frame companies may have largely decided that lightweight and aero-optimised is good enough but that doesn't mean there isn't more performance possible. The Trek Ballista MIPS is what happens when a brand is willing to make the fastest helmet possible even at the expense of some liveability. 

In fact, initial impressions of the Ballista MIPS will surely have you making comparisons to all-out time trial helmets. As modern TT helmets have gotten shorter tails, the Ballista MIPS has grown longer. Not unlike what Alexander Kristoff did with his Sweet Protection helmet recently , if you take away the face shield and ear covers on a TT helmet and you would land very close to the design of Ballista MIPS. Trek says that aerodynamically the two overlap as well, with the Ballista MIPS performing "in the middle of the pack" compared to today's best time trial helmets . 

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The Ballista MIPS is not a TT helmet though and you will find everyday livability features. To keep the helmet cool, Trek turned to computational fluid dynamic analysis to optimise vent and channel design. The final design mostly hides the exhaust venting in the downturned tail but at the front, you will find four large vents. Trek claims this optimisation makes "Ballista cooler than its closest competitors."

The other livability feature that seems high on the Trek priority list is weight. Although Trek claims it's heavier than the Velocis, the brand quotes the difference at only 15 grams for a total of 275 grams in the size medium CPSC. Along with that 15 grams, Trek also quotes an aerodynamic advantage of 10.1 watts, which it says equates to a "full bike length advantage during a final sprint."

Shared features

Given the shared release date, and presumably shared development, the Velocis and Ballista helmets share a lot. One of the things that means is the two helmets are almost exactly the same internally. The padding is MIPS Air which looks and feels like conventional padding but features a slick backing and only a loose attachment to the inside of the helmet. Instead of using a rigid attachment system connected to a MIPS liner, the brand achieves the same effect with one fewer layer. 

The rear cradle and strap system are also both unique and almost exactly the same between the helmets. In both cases, the whole rear cradle structure comes to a point that attaches to the rest of the helmet in one spot. Instead of hard plastic triangulating near the ears, there is only a cord which connects to a BOA dial for adjustment. The effect is a foldable system that looks to be a dream to travel with and presumably came from Trek-Segafredo & Trek Factory Racing feedback during development.

It seems likely team feedback also helped shape the inclusion of sunglasses retention and a bevelled front edge. Although added sunglasses retention isn't all that unique, it's generally appreciated. In this case, it comes in the form of rubber inserts on the inner edge of the outside vents. More unique though, and more racing specific, is the bevelled front edge. It means a quick angle away from the brow to help increase visibility and would certainly be an advantage in a race situation. 

Trek has also made sure to submit the new helmets to Virginia Tech for testing. The latest helmets, both the Velocis and the Ballista, score the top rank of five stars. That matches the performance of the XXX Wavecel, as well as the previous generation of both the Velocis and Ballista but again, it's always an appreciated feature. In the event something does happen, both helmets also feature a “Crash Replacement Guarantee” that provides “customers with a free replacement helmet if their helmet has been impacted within the first year of ownership.”

What happened to Bontrager and Wavecel?

In today's world, Bontrager is the house component brand for Trek. Bikes bear the Trek name while the sprawling list of options that outfit those bikes and the riders who own them, carry the Bontrager name. That reality though comes after a purchase of a brand almost 30 years ago. It's a homage to one of the most influential names in the history of cycling but it would seem that Trek is beginning to simplify. 

The meaning that the Bontrager name once had has begun to wane and recently, we've seen Trek rebrand a number of products. There's been no grand announcement but each recent release has come with a small bit of text that yet another category of product will now fall within the Trek brand name. This time it's helmets and the Velocis and Ballista are only the beginning. Expect each new release to further erode the products left that carry the Bontrager name. 

While the future for Bontrager appears written on the wall, Wavecel is less clear. Wavecel is the name for a technology introduced in 2019 as an innovative way to handle rotational impact protection. Instead of EPS foam and a MIPS liner, Wavecel replaces both with a crushable structure of plastic cells. 

Unlike with the Bontrager name, there is no grand history for the Wavecel technology. There is also no definitive break with it. Trek claims "WaveCel is a leading helmet safety technology and is and will continue to be a priority for Trek." For now, though, it would seem that at the high-end, MIPS has won the day with advancements. There is no longer a need for an internal structure and today's Velocis and Ballista use the same MIPS Air technology we've seen in a variety of recent helmets. It's lightweight and almost indistinguishable from standard helmet padding. It’s also lighter and airier than a WaveCel helmet and that’s a primary focus for both of these new helmets.

Pricing and availability

The Trek Velocis MIPS and Trek Ballista MIPS have already made their debut in WorldTour racing but are now available to consumers across the world. Pricing for both is the same at £229.99 / $299.99 with an included carry bag. Colours offered at launch for the Ballista MIPS are Black, White, White/Nautical Navy, and Purple Flip while the Velocis MIPS will see Black, Crystal White, Dark Aquatic, Viper Red/Cobra Blood, and Crystal White/Nautical Navy. 

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First Published Jan 31, 2023

The Trek-Segafredo men’s and women’s teams will be dividing the vast majority of their time between the Trek Madone SLR aero road bike and this lightweight Trek Émonda SLR in 2023. Let’s take a closer look at the Émonda…

The current Émonda has been around for over two years now – doesn’t time fly? – with Trek calling this incarnation its fastest-climbing bike ever.

> Check out our story from when the current Trek Emonda was launched

The Émonda has always been the lightweight road bike in Trek’s range, but the US brand also focused on aerodynamics in the development of the latest model. 

> Trek releases radical Madone SLR, its “fastest road race bike ever”

The designers say they spent most time working on the front end of the bike – the bar/stem, head tube and down tube – because that’s where you can make most aero gains, testing both with and without a water bottle in place.

Trek says that the flagship Émonda SLR platform is 60 seconds per hour faster than its predecessor on flat roads – in other words, on the older bike it would take you 61 minutes to ride as far as you could in 60 minutes on the newer one – and 18 seconds per hour faster on an 8% gradient (Trek’s notional rider upon which these figures are based is 70kg and puts out 350 watts for the hour). 

Trek says that the Émonda SLR isn’t as aerodynamically efficient as its Madone platform but that it's marginally ahead of the Domane endurance bike.

Using deep-section tubes adds weight over round tubes so the current Émonda SLR that Trek-Segafredo riders use is slightly heavier than the previous model, but the frame still comes in under 700g. The designers say that the slight weight penalty is still worth it for the net gain in speed in most circumstances thanks to improved aero efficiency.

In order to hit its weight, strength and stiffness targets for this bike, Trek says it had to use a new kind of carbon fibre within the layup – which it calls 800 Series OCLV carbon.

Trek isn’t keen on giving away too many secrets but says that from a fibre-type perspective, OCLV 800 is 30% stronger than the material it uses for its OCLV 700.

Trek-Segafredo riders use handlebars, stems, seat posts and saddles from Trek’s in-house Bontrager brand.

The bar and stem are separate units here and the hoses for the hydraulic disc brakes run externally before entering the frame at the top of the head tube.

There are no gear cables or wires to worry about because Trek-Segafredo riders use SRAM Red eTap AXS groupsets with wireless shifting. They also use Quarq SRAM Red AXS Power Meters.

Team riders can choose between 48/35, 50/37, 52/39 and 54/41-tooth chainsets and 10-28 or 10-33 12-speed cassettes.

> Check out our SRAM Red eTap AXS First Ride Review

The wheels are from Bontrager: RSL37, RSL51 or RSL62, depending on the terrain, conditions, and rider preference. The number in the name refers to the rim depth in millimetres. All of these wheels use DT Swiss 240s internals with Ratchet EXP 36-point engagement.

The wheels are fitted with Pirelli P-Zero tyres. The team uses tubeless, clinchers, and tubulars.

The team use Time XPro-10 pedals, Time being a brand that’s now owned by SRAM, and Wahoo Elemnt Bolt and Roam bike computers.

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Interesting to see the pro team bikes are sans integrated bars. I know people who have started to get replacement bars from trek after the recall. I decided to keep mine instead of getting the temp replacement but to see the team with a different set up raises eyebrows. 

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It's possible that the reason is that many pros will use 150-170mm stems with narrow bars, it's not worth tooling up to manufacture the whole assembly for that size, which hardly anyone will buy, whereas it's possibly cheaper/easier to do smaller runs of longer stem & narrow bars separately.

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Here is an image of some type of new or maybe previous aero helmet on Mads Pederson, like I said I have not seen this equipment until 2023

Does anyone have any insight on this? It looks like a small aero TT helmet that we would have used or seen in the early 2000’s but now made for daily road usage.

Have no insight but Bontrager had a $100 sale off their top road helmet during the holiday season (which I took advantage of) which I now assume was to clear inventory for the intro of this yet to be released helmet.

That makes sense, I have seen a lot of riders using this helmet at the last couple of races (Balsamo also) and it really does look like an awesome aero helmet.

Hopefully someone has the dirty dirty on it.

Definitely reminds me of the old Bell Vortex TT lid, but without the visor…and the Vortex was a damn fast lid (dunno why Google can’t find any images of it)

I dig the new helmet…always wondered why someone had not done a similar tail design before this.

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I was sure I’d seen some discussion of this on bikerumor or instagram where someone had zoomed in on the model name, but it must have been in a deleted story or something.

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Do you mean the Javalin by chance?

Your mind is right where mine is, it might check all the boxes I want in an aero helmet and I happen to be in the market for 2023 for a new aero road helmet.

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No, the Vortex…was from the mid-late 90’s.

Found a pic of me on my old Velodyne when I was looking at how different helmets fit…

Oh man, you are right that looks very similar!

They have a new MTB helmet also, or more traditional looking “road” helmet. I saw some YouTube videos yesterday where they’re wearing it.

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It looks almost the same as the Kask Utopia

I ride with the Lazer Bullet 2.0, which may have been discontinued. I’ve found leftovers a few places. It’s similar to the Trek helmet. It also has an aero visor which magnetically clips on and off, although I never use it.

Definitely very similar from the front…I really like my Utopia.

I noticed Amanda Spratt wearing that one in the early season Au races too.

look for Trek-Segafredo rider Ciccone hit by car… great up-close video of it. the rear vents look great!!!

Twitter "out of control’ someone is interviewing him and a car bumps him during the interview!

The helmet is all over Paris-nice and the more I see it the more I really like it. The top and rear vents look very well done

My understanding is that it is set to be released this month. Trek Rep was telling me about it a couple weeks ago.

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The capital city of Stavropol krai .

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Stavropol is a city in the south of the European part of Russia, the administrative center of Stavropol Krai, one of the largest cities in the North Caucasus.

The population of Stavropol is about 458,200 (2022), the area - 172 sq. km.

The phone code - +7 8652, the postal codes - 355000-355047.

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11 October, 2016   / Stavropol was recognized as the most well-organized city in Russia as a result of the All-Russian competition "The most well-organized city (rural settlement) of Russia" held in 2015. The second place was taken by Ufa and Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk took the third place.

History of Stavropol

Foundation of stavropol.

People began to settle in the territory of present-day Stavropol and its environs in ancient times. This is evidenced by more than 20 settlements found by archaeologists here (from the Eneolithic era (4-3 millennium BC) to the Middle Ages).

With the arrival of the Polovtsians (Cumans), a Turkic nomadic people, sedentary life was interrupted. The Nogais and Kalmyks roamed here. In 1556, Astrakhan was taken by Russian troops and the Astrakhan Khanate ceased to exist. This opened the way for Russia to the North Caucasus and the Caspian Sea.

As a result of the Russian-Turkish war of 1768-1774, a new border was established from the mouth of the Terek River to Mozdok and further north-west to the fortress of St. Dmitry (Rostov-on-Don) and Azov. The need arose to protect this region on the southern outskirts of the Russian Empire by building a chain of fortresses.

In 1777, the fortress of Stavropol was founded - one of ten fortresses in the Azov-Mozdok defensive line. For the construction of fortresses and service in the garrisons, the Volga and Don Cossacks were relocated to the Caucasus.

The main work on the construction of the fortress was completed in 1778. It was a pentagon surrounded by earthen ramparts and ditches with a total length of 1,698 meters and an area of 10 hectares. In 1779, the fortress was attacked by a 1,500-strong detachment of Caucasian highlanders. The assault was repulsed and the fortress was not damaged. Retired soldiers began to settle near the fortress. They were supplied with weapons, oxen and horses. In 1782, 494 retired soldiers already lived there.

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Stavropol in the 19th century

In 1809-1811, the earthen structures were replaced by stone defensive barracks. At the same time, to the east of the fortress, the Stavropol village of the Khopersky Cossack regiment arose, where its headquarters was located. The central part of the village was in the area currently occupied by the municipal market #1 (Nizhny).

Creating the Azov-Mozdok defensive line during the aggravation of the struggle with the Ottoman Empire for the North-Western Caucasus, the Russian government set itself the task of strengthening the borders and maintaining peaceful relations with the Circassians and other mountain peoples. The military administration of the Caucasus sought to establish economic ties with them - to develop the exchange and sale of goods. Stavropol became one of these centers.

Stavropol became a kind of main gateway to the Caucasus. The Great Cherkassky highway passed through the town connecting St. Petersburg and Moscow with the Caucasus. In 1816, the first printing house in the North Caucasus appeared here. In 1847, Caucasian Oblast was transformed into Stavropol Governorate with the center in the town of Stavropol. It began to play an increasingly prominent role in the cultural life of the Caucasus. In 1853, the population of Stavropol was about 17,000 people.

After the uprising of the Decembrists, a lot of its participants were exiled here. In 1837-1841, Stavropol was visited by Mikhail Lermontov, exiled to the Caucasus. Here he met with Dr. N.V. Mayer, who became the prototype for Dr. Werner in Lermontov’s novel “A Hero of Our Time”. In 1845, the first Russian theater in the Caucasus was opened in Stavropol.

With the formation of Kuban and Terek Cossack oblasts and the end of the Caucasian War, the military-political and economic importance of Stavropol dropped sharply. This trend was further aggravated by the construction of the Rostov-Vladikavkaz railway, which opened in 1875. Stavropol found itself far away from the railway. However, it still remained one of the centers of the grain trade. Telegraph communication between Moscow and Tehran, London, Bombay was carried out through Stavropol and Tiflis.

Stavropol in the 20th century and beyond

At the beginning of the 20th century, there were 27 Orthodox parishes in Stavropol, a Catholic church, a synagogue, a Lutheran church, and a mosque. In 1913, the population of Stavropol was about 62,400 people. In the 1920s-1930s, almost all of them were closed. Only the Assumption Church, built in 1849, was not closed and functioned without interruption.

In 1934, Ordzhonikidze Krai with the center in Pyatigorsk was formed from the huge North Caucasian Krai. In 1935, Stavropol was renamed Voroshilovsk (in honor of Kliment Voroshilov, a prominent Soviet military officer and politician). In 1937, the center of the region was transferred from Pyatigorsk to Voroshilovsk.

According to the 1939 census, the city had 85 thousand residents. On August 3, 1942, during the Second World War, it was captured by the Germans. The city was liberated by the Red Army on January 21, 1943.

In 1943, Ordzhonikidze Krai was renamed into Stavropol Krai, the city of Voroshilovsk - into Stavropol. The rationale was as follows: “the difference in the name of the regional center and the region causes difficulties for institutions and citizens”.

In 1946, an industrial natural gas field was discovered near Lake Sengileevskoye. By the mid-1950s, the construction of the city gas pipeline was completed. In 1951, Stavropol was awarded the first place among the cities of Russia for the best landscaping. This success was repeated in 1952 and 1954. In the same years, the Central City Park repeatedly won the title of “The Best Park in Russia”. In 1956, there were 123,000 residents in Stavropol.

The 1960s-1970s saw the peak of industrial construction in Stavropol. During this period, dozens of enterprises of mechanical engineering, light, chemical, construction, food, processing, and other industries were commissioned, reconstructed and updated. In 1989, the population of Stavropol was about 318,000 people.

In 2014 and 2016, Stavropol took first place and was recognized as the most comfortable city in Russia.

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Stavropol - Features

The name “Stavropol” reflects the practice of assigning pseudo-Greek names to new settlements, which was widespread in the Russian Empire at the end of the 18th century. Thus, Stavropol literally means “the city of the cross”. The reason for choosing this name is a matter of debate.

According to one version, it arose because the fortress in the plan had the shape of an elongated polygon, the basis of which was two intersecting axes resembling a cross. According to another version, during the laying of the foundation of the fortress, the builders dug out a large stone cross. According to the third version, when determining the places for the construction of the fortresses of the Azov-Mozdok defensive line, the Stavropol fortress was marked on the map not with a dot, like all other fortresses, but with a cross.

Stavropol stands on the hills in the central part of the Ciscaucasia on the Stavropol Upland, about 1,400 km south of Moscow, at the intersection of the Rostov - Stavropol and Astrakhan - Elista - Nevinnomyssk - Cherkessk highways. One of the streets of the city is named “The 45th parallel” indicating its exact latitudinal position. Thus, Stavropol is equidistant from the North Pole and from the equator.

It is located on the watershed of the Azov and Caspian Seas, in the middle between them. This location initially gave Stavropol an important geopolitical significance, which is quite accurately reflected in the aphorism “Stavropol - the gates of the Caucasus”.

The territory of Stavropol is stretched from the southwest to the northeast by 24 km and from the south to the north by 16 km. The peculiarity of the city is that the forests are adjacent to the city buildings. Stavropol is often called one of the greenest cities in Russia.

Stavropol is a city in the south of Russia, which determines its climatic features, especially the amount of solar heat. The tropical marine air from the Mediterranean Sea brings stifling, humid weather in summer, thaws in winter. The average temperature in January is minus 2.3 degrees Celsius, in July - plus 22.3 degrees Celsius. Stavropol is known for frequent strong winds with a speed of 20-25 m/s. The windiest months are February and March.

The federal highways R216 Stavropol - Elista - Astrakhan and R269 Stavropol - Bataysk pass through Stavropol. The airport of Stavropol offers regular flights to Moscow, St. Petersburg, Sochi. City transport is represented by buses, minibuses, trolleybuses, taxis. In summer, you can ride a bike around the city. The most popular rental point is located in Pobedy (Victory) Park.

The unique souvenirs for Stavropol include the healing herbal balsam “Strizhament” made from herbs and berries and infused with strong alcohol. Stavropol honey will be another tasty purchase. Gift soap made from Tambukan therapeutic mud and decorated with reliefs depicting Stavropol sights is also an excellent souvenir. Local hand-painted porcelain souvenirs with beautiful stucco decoration will also serve as a good memory of this city.

Main Attractions of Stavropol

Fortress Mountain - the historical center of Stavropol from where you can view most of the city from several observation decks. In the past, the Stavropol Fortress stood here. Here you can see one of the most recognizable symbols of Stavropol - the seven-meter monument to the Red Guard Soldier erected in the 1970s. Another attraction is a large light and music fountain with a diameter of 38 meters, opened in 2018. Sculptures installed along its edges depict 8 federal districts of Russia.

There is also the majestic Cathedral of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God. Originally built in 1843-1847, it was destroyed in the 1930s. In 2004-2012, the church was restored and became the tallest building in the Stavropol region (76 meters). It is often windy on Fortress Mountain, so dress warmly. Suvorova Street, 2.

Alexandrovskaya Square - one of the central and busiest Stavropol squares, named in honor of Emperor Alexander II in the middle of the 19th century. The second name of this place is Angel Square due to the fact that a monument to the Guardian Angel of Stavropol was erected here by the 225th anniversary of the city. There are restaurants, offices, and shops in the surrounding area.

Stavropol State Museum-Reserve - the oldest museum in the North Caucasus. The museum collection is housed in the building of the former trading rows of the 19th century. More than 300 thousand items are stored and exhibited in the funds and expositions of this museum. The main exposition is represented by 3 halls: nature, archeology, and ethnography. Dzerzhinskogo Street, 135.

Stavropol Regional Museum of Fine Arts - one of the most interesting places in the city. The largest collection of art treasures in the North Caucasus is kept here. The museum has an impressive variety of monuments of ancient, Western European, Eastern, and Russian art. The department of decorative and applied arts has folk art and modern art objects. By visiting this unique place, you can learn a lot about the development of culture in the Stavropol region and the world from the 5th century BC to the 1990s. Dzerzhinskogo Street, 115-119.

Picture Gallery of P. M. Grechishkin - an art gallery located in the building of a former mosque in the central part of Stavropol. Its collection consists mainly of the works of the painter P. M. Grechishkin. In 1987, after the end of his personal exhibition, he donated more than 160 of his pictures to the city of Stavropol. The gallery also exhibits paintings by other artists - about 500 exhibits in total. Among them there are interesting works by young Stavropol artists. Mikhaila Morozova Street, 12.

Art Gallery “Parshin” - a private museum of contemporary art. Exhibitions of contemporary artists are held here, the staff conduct master classes and performances. The design of the gallery is a combination of Art Nouveau and interior elements imitating the old ones. General Ermolov Boulevard, 1.

St. Andrew’s Cathedral (1897) - a majestic church built in the Russian-Byzantine style with a pronounced central dome and a richly decorated facade. Dzerzhinskogo Street, 157.

Tiflis Gate - a triumphal arch erected in honor of the 30th anniversary of the Battle of Borodino (the key battle of the French invasion of Russia of 1812). The gate was located at the beginning of the Tiflis tract, from where carriages under the protection of the Cossacks departed in the direction of Vladikavkaz in the 19th century. In the 1930s, the monument was destroyed. In 1998, it was restored in its original appearance. Karla Marksa Avenue, 13.

Pobedy (Victory) Park - the main park of Stavropol with rides, cafes, and sports grounds typical for such a place. You can also find an equestrian club and a water park here. The park is quite crowded on weekends and on holidays. Shpakovskaya Street, 111.

Central Park of Stavropol . Its history began in the 19th century, when the mansion of General A. A. Velyaminov stood here, surrounded by a picturesque garden. Already at that time, the park had decorative flower beds, artificial ponds, benches, an orchestra platform, and a gazebo with a balcony. In Soviet times, it was repeatedly awarded the title of “The Best Park of the USSR”.

Cold Springs - a group of springs gushing out from under a layer of limestone, at an altitude of 620 meters above sea level in the Taman forest. You can get here from Dzerzhinsky Street or by walking a little down from the memorial “Cold Spring” on Lenina Street. There are a lot of pools built at different levels here, so that the water flows smoothly from one to another. The pools themselves have steps for easy descent.

In summer, people come to this dense cool forest with springs for picnics. The bravest ones plunge into cool water, the temperature of which always remains unchanged, about +10 degrees Celsius.

“German Bridges” - the remains of viaducts and bridges in the vicinity of Stavropol built at the beginning of the 20th century as parts of the Armavir-Tuapse railway, which was partially destroyed during the Russian Civil War. This name was given due to the fact that engineers from Europe, in particular from Germany, took part in the construction. Some of the bridges are still in service today.

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It was established in the year of 1938. The university offers an education system that includes the training of students to become qualified doctors. Stavropol State Medical University was established in the year of 1938. The university offers an education system that includes the training of students to become qualified doctors. Stavropol State Medical University is the premier choice of every aspirant to pursue MBBS in Russia.The university provides opportunities to the global students to acquire skills in research activities, meet with clinical scientists, visit the departments and museums of StSMU, and adapt the study environment of the university.

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